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Committee reopens SB 1570; sponsors working on dash‑2 amendment on immigration access to health facilities
Summary
The committee heard renewed testimony on SB 1570, which seeks to direct OHA to study protections in health facilities and — per a posted dash‑1 — would have restricted federal immigration authorities’ access to nonpublic areas; sponsors reported continued talks with hospitals, FQHCs and OPCA about a dash‑2 amendment.
Senate Bill 1570 returned to the Senate Committee on Health Care Feb. 9 for continued public testimony and discussion of proposed amendments. Staff explained that a posted '-1' amendment would have replaced the measure with a provision prohibiting federal immigration authorities from entering nonpublic areas of health care facilities except by law or court order and would require facilities to adopt policies, designate administrators, post summaries of individual…
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